shipmate

[ ship-meyt ]
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noun
  1. a person who serves with another on the same vessel.

Origin of shipmate

1
First recorded in 1740–50; ship1 + mate1

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How to use shipmate in a sentence

  • As in all probability we shall be shipmates for a voyage or two, I trust that we shall be good friends.

    Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
  • But his shipmates were swept far beyond the sounds of his voice, before half these words were uttered.

    The Pilot | J. Fenimore Cooper
  • And the rescuing of our shipmates, and the marines, would read like a thing of military discretion—ha!

    The Pilot | J. Fenimore Cooper
  • At length, one evening when Pompey was sitting with his shipmates in the loft, voices were heard below.

    The Missing Ship | W. H. G. Kingston
  • The Firefly was hove to, a boat was lowered and rowed towards Barney, whose strong voice guided his shipmates towards him.

    Martin Rattler | R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for shipmate

shipmate

/ (ˈʃɪpˌmeɪt) /


noun
  1. a sailor who serves on the same ship as another

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